A Texas listener recounts an ongoing debate in her family’s kitchen over the exact definition of the word spatula. Is it the kitchen tool used to spread icing and level measuring cups? Something you use to flip a pancake? That item with the...
scraper n.— «Without those ongoing improvement costs, a house runs the risk of being what the building industry calls a “scraper.” That’s a house with so much deferred maintenance that it’s cheaper to scrape it off the...
L’s n.— «I found out AK got locked up…atleast thats what DT told me…he got caught ridin in his scraper i guess and he didnt have his “L’s.”» —by ototpnoy4o8 in Sacramento, Calif. Xanga.com Mar...
scraper n. an automobile, especially a large, unfashionable passenger vehicle that has been customized. Editorial Note: This term appears to originate in and be specific to northern California, especially the San Francisco Bay area. Etymological...
scraper n.— «I got rid of the dubbs on my white scraper cause they rubbed to much so i slapped on the 17″ wit vouges from my other scraper.» —“Ozzie’s Oldsmobile: ‘The Scraper’” by ozzie94 in Oakland, Calif...
scraper n.— «I found out AK got locked up…atleast thats what DT told me…he got caught ridin in his scraper i guess and he didnt have his “L’s.”» —by ototpnoy4o8 in Sacramento, Calif. Xanga...

